164 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Prof. S. J. Hickson, f.r s., and Mr. J. Mangan of the Victoria 

 University, Manchester ; and a number of African Scale-insects 

 (Coccidas) with portions of plants attacked, presented by the 

 Scientilic Secretary of the Entomological Hesearch Committee. 



In addition to information and assistance furnished through- 

 out the year to the Scientific Secretary of the Entomological 

 Research Committee, determinations of species (often entailing 

 the expenditure of a large amount of time) and other informa- 

 tion wei'e supplied in response to some eighty inquiries with 

 reference to the Diptera alone. The economic importance of 

 these insects as carriers of disease renders their investigation 

 of special urgency and interest. 



The following were among the more interesting and 

 important inquiries with respect to the Diptera :— 



1. A horse-fly {Tabanus edentulua, Macq.), a nuisance to 



children in Schools in Tasmania. (Specimens and 

 inquiry received from the Chief Health Officer, 

 Department of Public Health, Hobart, Tasmania.) 



2. Larva3 of a small fly (A'phiochcceta fermginea, Brun.), 



discharged from the human intestine in Trinidad 

 B.W.I. ; also specimens of the perfect insect of the 

 same species bred from larvae voided in a similar 

 manner by a patient in the Military Hospital, Manila. 

 (Specimens forwarded for identification and informa- 

 tion by the Bureau of Science, Manila, Philippine 

 Islands.) 



3. Larvae of two species belonging to the genus Sarcophaga 



causing cutaneous myiasis in man at Belize, British 

 Honduras. (Specimens and inquiry received from 

 the Principal Medical Officer, Belize.) 



4. Flies infesting the kitchen of a house at Leeds. (Speci- 



mens and inquiries received on several occasions 

 from the Medical Officer of Health, Leeds.) 



5. Folietes lardaria, Fabr., a pest in a house in Warwick- 



shire. 



6. Flies in the vicinity of Sydney, New South Wales, 



regarded with suspicion as possible disease-carriers. 

 (Collection and request for names received from 

 the Principal Assistant Microbiologist, Government 

 Bureau of Microbiology, Sydney.) 



7. Simulium lineatum, Mg., causing ulceration in the 



ears of army horses in the Southern Command, 

 England. (Specimens and request for identification 

 received from the Principal Veterinarj'' Officer, 

 Southern Command.) 



8. " Plague of Flies " (all Musca domestica, L.) at Post- 



wick, near Norwich. (Specimens, with request for 

 identification, received from Dr. S. Monckton Cope- 

 man, F.R.S., Local Government Board.) 



